385 
N # 28° 38 ’ .30 " W. 87 ° 2 », 420 fathoms. - JORDAN and EVERMANN, Bull. U.S. 
Nat# Mus•, ^0.47, pt.l, 1896, p.589 (copied). 
nr 
Phonectefi margarita PARR, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, vol.3, art.2, Dec. 
30, 1927, p.106, fig.55-b (end of barbel). - REGAN and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana 
Exped. Oceanogr. Rep., No.6, March 10, 1930, p.126, fig.l21-b (compiled). 
Depth / o/4; head 6 3/4, width 2 1/2. Snout 6 in head from snout tip; eye 
6, subequal with snout in profile, 1 2/3 in interorbital; maxillary extends 
3 2/3 eye diameters behind hind eye edge, length 1 l/8 in head; upper teeth 6 
or 7 on each premaxillary, 25 to 28 on each maxil— 
ft 
lary, 35 to 37 on each mandibular ramus; 1 6r 2 teeth each side of vomer; 6 cn 
each palatine; barbel inserted little behind eye, length 2 l/3 in head, 2 sub¬ 
terminal luminous organs at terminal fifth; interorbital 3 2/5 in head, convex. 
Gill rakers 7 minute spinules on lower branch of first arch; gill filaments 
equal 1 l/s eye diameters* 
Oblong luminous body 1 l/2 in eye, close along upper maxillary edge and en¬ 
tirely behind eye. Lateral series of photophores from gill opening to ventral 
30, ventral to anal 11 or 12; lower or ventral series on isthmus to ventral 45, 
ventral to anal 12 with last 2 above anal fin base, anal to caudal (?) 
D. 18 (?), fin height 2 in total head length; A. 24, fin height 2 4/5; 
caudal 3 (?), forked, small; least depth of caudal peduncle 7 2/3; pectoral 
absent or rudimentary; ventral 1 1/3, rays 7. 
Color pale brown. Inside mouth black. Iris neutral di^sky. Barbel black, ex« 
cept short whitish terminal filament. Fins pale. Evidently when fresh color 
blackish. 
Atlantic. 
